Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akrab

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The result was delete. W.marsh 17:31, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Akrab

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Based on my religious faith, I consider the Hebrew Bible the most reliable source that exists. However, by Wikipedian standards, it's rather flimsy for suggesting that the identity of Rehoboam's "Akrabim" were long rods with metal balls inside, or whatever. Either source it or delete it. YechielMan 12:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect to Beta Scorpii, unless sourced. Quite interestingly, I read that in Arabic Al Aqrab (العقرب) means scorpio, suggesting a Semitic alternative, or an antecedent, to the accepted Germanic etymology of crab. Stammer 13:04, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - I did a bit of cleanup, but the interpretation still sounds like a fantasy to me. -- BPMullins | Talk 15:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete due to lack of sources. No objection to making this into a redirect to Beta Scorpii after the existing article is deleted. When the sources are so thin, the article risks being false. EdJohnston 18:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect - The source doesn't support the interpretation and is probably false. Based on inference from the articles Zuben-el-Akrab and Omega Scorpii, I think akrab means "scorpion". The article should redirect to a disambig page with links to each of these and Beta-Scorpii. --Smtomak 20:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

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